Charlotte Higgins

Charlotte is the author of three books on aspects of the ancient world, including Under Another Sky, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson (now Baillie Gifford) prize for non-fiction.

Charlotte is the Guardian's chief culture writer, contributing long-form articles and editorials to the paper. She spent a year in 2013-14 working on a series of essays about the state of the BBC, which she adapted into her book This New Noise. She has also written for the New Yorker, Prospect and the New Statesman; and has written and presented documentaries for BBC radio.

Charlotte won the 2010 Classical Association prize, awarded for the person deemed to have done most to bring classics to a wide audience. She is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and has an honorary doctorate from Staffordshire University, in her home region of the Potteries. Her book Red Thread is published in 2018 by Cape. It is about mazes and labyrinths.